All Posts Tagged With: "Congressional Black Caucus"
Congressional Black Caucus Wants To Punish The Cherokee Nation Of Oklahoma
The Hill
By Kevin Bogardus
Obama against Congressional Black Caucus lawmakers efforts to punish a sovereign American Indian Tribe
Congressional Black Caucus lawmakers have proposed a number of provisions this year that would cut off federal funding to the tribe because of its decision in March 2007 to remove the Freedmen — descendants of freed slaves once owned [...]
Blacks in Congress Torn Over Candidates
Some Weighing a Shift From Clinton to Obama
Washington Post
By Shailagh Murray and Paul Kane
Saturday, February 16, 2008
African American members of Congress, many under enormous pressure from their constituents, are grappling with the question of whether they should abandon their support of Hillary Rodham Clinton and back Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination.
On [...]
